I did not think it was possible for the weeks to go even faster but the last two weeks seem to have come and gone at warp speed!  I know it is because we are all so, so busy and are doing lots that the days are speeding through, but it really is getting beyond a joke at how fast time is going!

I got some pictures of the sewing room the other day and my current sewing space which is just a slot between the presents, it looks like Santa’s Workshop!

This is underneath the table where I sew, you can just see the foot peddle!

This is next to the desk where I sew and between the chair and my other sewing table!

More sacks and you can just see the carpet above!

More parcels, also on the chair with spare paper!

Three big boxes which are in the middle of the room.  My ironing table is next to these and my chair is also next to them!

It is going to take DH and Youngest a while to get them all downstairs and under the tree.  Of course there are ten of us now to buy gifts for because of Partners, The Girls, Tobey, Coco, Honey, Blaze and Star.  I did say to DH the other day the last time I had this many people around the Christmas dinner table was when I was a little girl and we had dinner at my Grandparents home and there was my Mom & Dad, them and my Great Grandmother. 

It is such a clear memory of my sitting between my parents on a stool so that I could reach the table and I remember the Goose being brought in for my Grandfather to carve (we always had Goose for Christmas Day) along with Beef as well.  The dining room looked onto their garden and it had snowed that year, it was a great view.  They also had a fire in the dining room which was lit and we had dinner about 1.00pm and then sat there long after dinner had finished, the adults talking and me reading a book.  We went to Church first thing in the morning and after dinner always took the dogs for a walk which they loved in the snow, getting back in time for tea by the fire in the sitting room which was always a slice of Christmas cake and a cup of tea.  I was allowed to stay up later than normal on Christmas Day and we would play board games and watch the film on TV.  Boxing Day was always a much more relaxed day with a buffet for lunch and after again walking the dogs we spent the afternoon either reading, playing board games or watching TV.  That is pretty much what our family do now.

I treated myself to an early Christmas present for the sewing room, the picture above.  As you know I love Christmas, snow and all that and I saw this picture on Facebook of all places and manged to find the Artist who sells prints of his paintings via eBay.  His name is SouthLondonArtistDan on eBay and there are several pictures on there.  The picture is more blue than the pictures here show, but I just loved the print.  Here is a link to his page.  DH got a white frame for it which suits it very well and goes along with the other pictures I have in there.

I subscribe to this magazine all year and it really is a great read.  It is printed every week but at Christmas they do a double issue which arrived on Wednesday and this is the front cover.  I love it.  The special issues that they have through the year I keep and this will be added to the collection.  

Today in the newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, there was an article for the ladies on what to wear on Christmas Day!  Generally I am all about comfort but do make an effort of course if we are going out and will do on Christmas Day.  I will be wearing my black jeans (I think they always look smarter than blue jeans), I have a cream blouse with ruffles on and if I need it a black lace cardigan and I will wear some burgundy court shoes.  I will also wear my Great Grandmother’s single string of pearls and the pearl earings DH bought me for our wedding anniversary.  Although by the end of the day I will have probably spilt somthing down the blouse whilst cooking, I will have kicked the shoes off in our sitting room and taken my jewellery off!  I love Boxing Day as it is much more relaxed with food in the kitchen for everyone to pick at when they appear and casual clothes!  DH and I may be on our own for Boxing Day so it will definitely be a relaxing day after the busy day before!!!

Today we are visiting Family in Nottingham and having lunch and then this evening we have the Swimming Club’s Christmas Fun Gala.  I hope you are having a wonderful Winter weekend. 

Hugs & Love, Susie & Coco xx